WorksheetsEndocrine System Recovery
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 13mins
Endocrine glands secrete _
Hormones
Neurotransmitters
A wide range of chemical substances
What is the main function of the endocrine system?
It creates chemicals, or hormones, that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.
It creates electrical messages that are sent around the body to maintain homeostasis.
It maintains the correct level of oxygen in the body to maintain homeostasis.
It releases waste from the body to maintain homeostasis.
The gland labeled 4 in the diagram is?
the thymus gland
the thyroid gland
the parathyroid glands
the adrenal glands
Letter J is pointing to
Ovaries
Pineal Gland
Adrenal
Testes
What structure is this?
Pancreas
Thyroid
Parathyroid
Adrenal glands
What structure(s) shown in the picture above the kidneys?
Thyroids
Adrenal glands
Testes
Parathyroids
When you get cut, your skin cells release hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. Platelets then release more hormones that signal even more platelets to help stop bleeding. The hormone signals continue until the cut is closed. This is an example of what type of feedback?
Positive Feedback Response
Negative Feedback Loop
Cells that have receptors for a particular hormone.
gland cells
neurons
hormones
target cells
This structure releases what hormones?
insulin and glucagon
calcitonin and estrogen
Parathyroid hormone and antidiuretic hormone
epinephrine and testosterone
What is the function of the endocrine system?
to filter and eliminate the waste from the blood
to secrete hormones into the bloodstream to regulate body activities
to provide structure and support for the body
to defend the body against pathogens
Body's central command organ
Brain
Spinal Cord
Stomach
Heart
Allows your brain to communicate with the rest of your body
Heart
Brain
Blood Vessels
Spinal Cord
